But something that these latest news stories are missing is how the public came to know about Area 51 in the first place.

• Cop a load of paranormal tales - The Shields Gazette
• 10 solved UFO mysteries from the Weinstein List - MSNBC
• New Jersey Mystery Crater Baffles Experts - Aol News
• Can Humanoids Replace Human Astronauts? - AZoRobotics
• New Technique Could Identify Planets With Extraterrestrial Trees - Space.com

• 6 UFO Hot Spots Around the World - TIME
• UFO Watchers Experience Busy Weekend - KCTV Kansas City
• SETI@home Project Lets Computer Users Search For Alien Life on 86 Planets - Aol News
• 'Flying car' is caught on camera - The Sun
• Smithsonian acquires Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership - The Washington Post

A "flying car" UFO was captured on video in Kansas City, Missouri.

• Countless UFOs Caught On Camera Above Tokyo - Rocket News 24
• Exclusive: Inside Area 51, the Secret Birthplace of the U2 Spy Plane - Fox News
• Alien-hunters focus in on habitable planets - New Scientist
• Americans Will Explore Deep Space Says N.A.S.A. - Big Think
• Serial hacker TinKode rifles through NASA satellite files- The New York Times

Scientists are aiming a radio telescope at select planets in hopes of detecting alien signals.

Long before the famous UFO sighting of Kenneth Arnold on June 24, 1947 allied bomber pilots reported seeing strange “balls of light” over Europe and the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

• Anonymous plans UFO prank - 3 News NZ
• Exoplanet may be extraterrestrial haven - news24
• First Habitable Exoplanet? Climate Simulation Reveals New Candidate That Could Support Earth-Like Life - Science Daily
• The loaf is out there: The bread-sized satellite that's searching for alien life - Daily Mail
• Running Down a Sanity Checklist - The New York Times

The National Geographic Channel announced two television specials dealing with the subject of extraterrestrials and UFOs.

• National Geographic Channel show ponders the possibility of an alien attack - The Kansas City Star
• TARDIS-like UFO spotted over Eastbourne - Eastbourne Herald
• A Military Post’s Secrets: Espionage, Not Aliens - The New York Times
• Another Crop Circle Discovered in Indonesia - The Jakarta Globe
• Mars mission components delivered to Florida - PhysOrg.com

Gary McKinnon may lose his fight against being extradited to the United States.

The official UFO Hearing held at the United Nations Special Political Committee on November 28, 1978 was undoubtedly one of the great milestones in the history of ufology

• Witness appeal for A12 "UFO" - Braintree & Witham Times
• Visitors buzz the Arafura Games - NTNews
• X-Files Actor to Premiere Conspiracy Documentary May 21 - Talk Movies World
• "Goat Vampire" is Searched for in Belarus - Telegraf
• Could Kepler Detect Alien Artifacts? - Discovery News

An eerie light show in Fort Worth, TX was captured on video Tuesday night.

• UFOs and ghosts among 'paranormal activity' investigated by police force - STV News
• UFO sightings increasing in Asia with U.K. and FBI alien files confirming trend - HULIQ
• Widnes teen claims UFO over Millington Close must be secret stealth project - Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News
• Have you seen a UFO? - Messenger
• Sleep-driving or alien abduction? - The Vancouver Sun

"I am convinced that these objects do exist and that they are not manufactured by any nation on earth."

• Friends baffled by 'UFO' sightings in skies over Burton - Burton Mail
• Was strange light over Shropshire a UFO? - Shropshire Star
• UFO invasion or fishermen tales? - Leighton Buzzard Observer
• Shroud of mystery behind Napier fog - Hawk’s Bay Today
• Aliens Promoted in Perm Territory - Russia-InfoCentre

Multiple mysterious orange-ish lights were seen hovering in the sky above Shropshire, England.

• Unidentified flying object spotted over Melrose - Border Telegraph
• UFO Sightings on the Rise in Finland - YLE Uutiset
• Professor to discuss ET encounters - The Greeley Tribune (removed by source)
• Space Religion: Mormonism and the Final Frontier - Discovery News
• Boat Would Sail on Saturn Moon's Sea - Discovery News

A picture of a UFO was taken yesterday by a photographer in Melrose, Scotland.